Sacrifice
The chains finally broke, instantly drowning the young man, as the cloaked woman looked on with evident pleasure. "Soon, soon I can make a pact with the devil," she stated, her goal explicit, unaware that she was being observed by two pairs of eyes.

"Mr. Lucius..."

"Just call me Lucius," he said, interrupting the girl who seemed to have misnamed him several times.

"But..."

"There are no buts," Lucius interrupted again.

"Then Lucius, why didn't we save that man?"

"I believe there's a destiny that's protecting him. I'm more interested in seeing what that woman will do next," Lucius replied.

The woman appeared to be hustling back and forth with the corpses that she had laboriously pulled out. It was clear that she was breathing heavily due to the strenuous work of carrying the bodies of villagers who had been slain by the village chief.

"Damn, this guy should have left one or two slaves alive," she grumbled in annoyance, but she couldn't stop herself from continuing her task unt
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